Lost a partner today
Long story short, the previous host developed a serious hate boner for one of our metas around the time that she split, and even though I've tried my best to keep her from slipping through and causing issues, she just kept saying hateful things or twisting thoughts before I could finish them. It's been hell.
Yesterday, things went too far, words were said that could not be easily taken back, explanations were demanded, and she asked to make a deal. That if she could get a few minutes of uninterrupted time to just say what she's been trying to say, lay all her cards on the table, that she would stop trying to slip through, and just let me be.
One of my partners agreed to listen, and the moment she was done, it was like a fog lifted in here. It was just me, and my thoughts, unchanged, and it was peaceful. For the first time in 2 months, I can actually think. The previous host says she feels the same peace now, like the compulsion to get it all out has just stopped, now that she has. She asked permission to front, so that she could write some apologies and in the middle of writing the one for the partner that accepted the deal and listened..said partner broke up with all of us in a single statement.
Someone who has been with us over 2 years, from the moment we realized we were a system over a year and a half ago, through one of the most emotionally abusive relationships I've ever seen, someone who did what she could to help us when we were homeless, and only just a few weeks ago moved in with us...done, just like that. So now she's my ex, my meta, and my roommate. And I still get to sleep 6 feet away from her and cry myself to sleep.